Monthly Archives: August 2010

One foot on the farm…one foot on the stage

There are times when life (A) my life as a farmer and my life (B) my life as a singer/songwriter tend to clash. This is a busy time for my life (B) touring and performing. Juggling these two radically different kinds of lifestyles isn’t easy by any means. It seems they both beckon me just [...]
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If it aint broke..don’t fix it!

Pickle recall…I am asking for those of you last weekend that purchased dill pickles or the dilly beans from the farm market to bring them back for an exchange. There is nothing harmful with them and I repeat…nothing is wrong with them other than I don’t like the way they taste.. I forgot my own [...]
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Hello Farm…it’s been a while

Mark and I both made an early start this morning here on the farm. With so many days..weeks with the temperature being so hot this morning felt like a spring morning. We did get a bunch of rain last night and Mark spent the better half of the day grading the drive way where it [...]
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Havesting Farm Fresh Okra

As these dog days of late summer seem to have us here in middle Tennessee in a tight grip of triple digit temperatures a few plants besides the grass and weeds here on the farm are lovin’ it! Okra is one of these plants that need, want and crave hot weather to produce to its [...]
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Working out…the farmer’s way

Our friend and photographer extraordinaire Alan Messer loves to come out to the farm and take photos …he also loves the heirloom tomatoes we grow here (Mark always saves Alan a sack full almost every weekend)on the farm. Last weekend he came out and caught Old Farmer Mark in the middle of his daily workout…farmer [...]
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